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Barrow

Barrow, ring-barrow

What is recorded here

A short distance E of KE079-121---- is a second well-preserved ring-barrow. It consists of a subcircular area, 5.2m in diameter E-W, which is enclosed by a fosse, measuring 1.2m wide and up to .7m deep, and by an external bank. The bank is not preserved on the uphill, S side of the site. It rises at N to a maximum external height of .75m, where it features a possible causewayed entrance, 1.6m wide. The overall diameter of the monument averages 12.25m. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 442. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Iron Age ring-barrow, dating to between 800 BCE and 400 CE. This type of monument is significant as it reflects early funerary practices and social structures in prehistoric Britain.

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